THIS IS UNOFFICIALbut usually correct or darn close

McMurray wins pole at Auto Club: #1-Jamie McMurray won the Coors Pole for the Auto Club 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway with a speed of 183.744 mph for his 1st pole of 2010 and 4th of his career.
His Earnhardt-Ganassi teammate, #42-Montoya will start 2nd followed by #33-Bowyer, #9-Kahne, #66-Blaney, #29-Harvick, #48-Johnson, #77-Hornish, #18-Busch, and #5-Martin
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #66-Blaney, #82-Speed, #36-Bliss, #09-Almirola, #55-McDowell, #87-Nemechek, #71-Labonte, and #13-Papis
The go-or-go homers who failed to qualify for the race (3): #90-Mears, #35-Sauter, and #46-Cook
(2-19-2010)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Auto Club 500:
Jamie McMurray won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Auto Club 500 with a lap of 39.185 seconds, 183.744 mph.
This is his fourth pole in 260 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2010.
This is his first pole in 14 races at Auto Club Speedway.
Juan Pablo Montoya (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2010 and his third in seven races at Auto Club Speedway. This marks the first time that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates has claimed both front row starting positions.
Clint Bowyer (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Auto Club Speedway. It is his second in two races this season.
Kevin Conway (38th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(2-19-2010)

Coverage of Qualifying for the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway is scheduled for Friday, February 19, 2010 at 6:40pm/et.
TV: SPEED - 6:30pm/et
Radio: MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio
Qualifying Re-Air: on SPEED at 11:00pm/et

Pole Progression: (who had the pole first, who got it next and who ended up with it)
#33-Bowyer, 1st out to qualify, 183.127 mph, starts 3rd
#1-McMurray, 25th out to qualify, 183.744 mph, starts 1st

Rookie of the Year Candidates:
how fast were they and where do they start:
#37-Kevin Conway, 179.292 mph, starts 40th
#46-Terry Cook (X), 178.064mph, DNQ
(X) = needs to race their way in to the race
DNR = Did not race
DNQ = Did not qualify for race

Some Qualifying Notes:
#26-Boris Said went on the 5 minute clock after being unable to be take the green on his first attempt. He was unable to get back on track and did not make an attempt and had to use owners points to make the race.

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender
a driver/car# in RED is a go-or-go-homer and had to qualify by speed to make the race
a driver/car# in BLUE is a go-or-go-homer and is a past series champions, eligible to use a past champ provisional

PC = Past Champion Provisional used
DNQ = Did not qualify
OP = made field by Owners Points - in the top 35 in owners points
WD = Withdrew before qualifying

Qualifying is OVER

QUALIFYING RESULTS by SPEED

THIS IS UNOFFICIAL

Qualifying after 46 of 46 drivers:

Pos

SchedQual Pos

ActualQual Pos

Car#

Driver

Manu

Qual Speed(mph)

Qual Time(seconds)

Last Practice Speed

PracticeRank

DifferenceQual vs Prac(mph)

OwnersPointsRank

1

25

25

1

Jamie McMurray

Chevy

183.744

39.185

181.593

6

2.151

23

2

27

27

42

Juan PabloMontoya

Chevy

183.477

39.242

182.320

3

1.157

8

3

1

1

33

Clint Bowyer

Chevy

183.127

39.317

181.639

5

1.488

15

4

12

12

9

Kasey Kahne

Ford

182.913

39.363

179.542

29

3.371

10

5

45

44

66

Dave Blaney

Toyota

182.908

39.364

179.712

24

3.196

42-IN

6

5

5

29

Kevin Harvick

Chevy

182.899

39.366

181.575

7

1.324

19

7

7

7

48

Jimmie Johnson

Chevy

182.890

39.368

181.566

8

1.324

1

8

26

26

77

Sam Hornish Jr.

Dodge

182.811

39.385

180.864

11

1.947

28

9

6

6

18

Kyle Busch

Toyota

182.788

39.390

180.180

17

2.608

13

10

13

13

5

Mark Martin

Chevy

182.741

39.400

182.927

1

-0.186

2

11

31

31

00

David Reutimann

Toyota

182.597

39.431

180.023

19

2.574

16

12

4

4

2

Kurt Busch

Dodge

182.292

39.497

181.406

9

0.886

4

13

36

34

82

Scott Speed

Toyota

182.195

39.518

179.991

20

2.204

36-IN

14

22

22

31

Jeff Burton

Chevy

182.085

39.542

181.869

4

0.216

17

15

2

2

6

David Ragan

Ford

181.974

39.566

179.623

27

2.351

27

16

24

24

14

Tony Stewart

Chevy

181.882

39.586

179.834

22

2.048

6

17

39

38

36

Mike Bliss

Chevy

181.749

39.615

180.081

18

1.668

41-IN

18

21

21

39

Ryan Newman

Chevy

181.726

39.620

182.449

2

-0.723

9

19

17

17

20

Joey Logano

Toyota

181.671

39.632

181.118

10

0.553

20

20

14

14

17

Matt Kenseth

Ford

181.502

39.669

177.936

36

3.566

14

21

29

29

12

Brad Keselowski

Dodge

181.333

39.706

180.433

14

0.900

30

22

3

3

78

Regan Smith

Chevy

181.324

39.708

179.256

31

2.068

21

23

18

18

83

Brian Vickers

Toyota

181.315

39.710

179.024

33

2.291

12

24

40

39

09

Aric Almirola

Chevy

181.315

39.710

179.533

30

1.782

38-IN

25

30

30

11

Denny Hamlin

Toyota

181.301

39.713

180.279

15

1.022

5

26

15

15

47

Marcos Ambrose

Toyota

181.228

39.729

179.933

21

1.295

18

27

28

28

88

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Chevy

181.109

39.755

179.686

25

1.423

25

28

32

32

24

Jeff Gordon

Chevy

181.055

39.767

180.433

13

0.622

3

29

16

16

43

A.J. Allmendinger

Dodge

181.041

39.770

180.528

12

0.513

29

30

38

37

55

Michael McDowell

Toyota

180.895

39.802

176.471

43

4.424

none-IN

31

9

9

99

Carl Edwards

Ford

180.768

39.830

180.275

16

0.493

11

32

43

42

87

Joe Nemechek

Toyota

180.755

39.833

178.869

34

1.886

39-IN

33

42

41

71

Bobby Labonte [PC1]

Chevy

180.587

39.870

178.762

35

1.825

37-IN

34

8

8

56

Martin Truex Jr.

Toyota

180.524

39.884

179.668

26

0.856

32

35

44

43

13

Max Papis

Toyota

180.501

39.889

179.582

28

0.919

43-IN

36

10

10

16

Greg Biffle

Ford

180.325

39.928

175.695

44

4.630

7

37

19

19

98

Paul Menard

Ford

180.081

39.982

179.762

23

0.319

24

38

23

23

19

Elliott Sadler

Ford

179.919

40.018

179.100

32

0.819

26

39

41

40

90

Casey Mears

Chevy

179.915

40.019

177.296

40

2.619

none - DNQ

40

33

33

37

Kevin Conway #

Ford

179.292

40.158

176.497

42

2.795

31

41

11

11

34

Travis Kvapil

Ford

178.975

40.229

177.778

37

1.197

35

42

37

36

35

Johnny Sauter

Chevy

178.940

40.237

177.052

41

1.888

none - DNQ

43

46

45

46

Terry Cook #

Dodge

178.064

40.435

175.657

45

2.407

none - DNQ

44

35

36

7

Robby Gordon

Toyota

176.302

40.839

177.730

38

-1.428

34

45

20

20

38

David Gilliland

Ford

176.207

40.861

177.545

39

-1.338

33

46

34

26

Boris Said

Ford

0.000

0.000

168.654

46

-168.654

22

a GREEN 'IN' means that team/driver have made the race, NOT in the top 35

a RED 'DNQ' means that team/driver will miss the race, NOT in the top 35

Drivers in RED will be required to qualify on time/speed, not in top 35

Drivers in MAROON will be required to qualify on time/speed, not in top 35BUT has a past champions provisional available if needed, only one is used, so if there are two or more past champs
the driver who has won the championship most recently, gets the spot.

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender

What happens if qualifying gets rained out? [very unlikely at Daytona, lots of extra days]If it is the first five races of the season, the previous season OWNERS points are used:

#1) - Previous season Owner Points [position 1-35][top 35 teams do NOT need to attempt ALL the races]
#2) - Race winners from the previous and current season not already in the field
#3) - ALL Past Cup Champions not in by 1 or 2
#4) - Current season Owner Points [Top 35][not in by rules 1-3]
#5) - Current season race attempts ties broken by current owners points standings [not in by rules 1-4]